career

The Goal Get hired by Google, Facebook, Dropbox, or Zipline. Result Success! I started at Dropbox in August 2020 as a “Senior Full-Stack Software Engineer”. I’m no longer updating this project, but leaving here for reference. Progress (most recent first) March 2021 I’ve worked at Dropbox for 1.5 years, with the last year being fully remote. Pros: I got promoted to Engineering Manager (4 direct reports) The work is decently interesting (if you squint) I got a small raise (and the stock is going up) Cons:...

No matter what you do, work is frustrating sometimes. More broadly, life is just full of challenges. Growing up in Alabama, I was taught a single, noble way of dealing with these challenges: Try harder Do better Grit & Bear It Build Character Nothing worth doing is easy etc… In fact, it was considered bad to try & out-think life’s challenges, or to cleverly avoid hard work. At the time, I bought in 100% to this idea, and took great pride in my self-discipline....